By Coleman Bentley WrestleMania isn’t for another 10 days, but Bubba Watson is getting the smackdown started early at Austin Country Club this week. No, we’re not talking about his defence of last year’s Dell Match Play title, but instead his response to a heckler who apparently pushed a big red DON’T PUSH button mid-tee Read more…
The WGC-Dell Match Play is interesting and unique and fun, but we can’t ignore the fact that it’s also a prelude to something far bigger: the Masters.
Watson claimed his 11th career US PGA Tour title, all of them coming in the past eight years. It’s also his second win this season, and his second career World Golf Championships victory.
When Bubba Watson finds equipment he likes, he tends to stay with it. And Watson had some familiar friends in the bag during his march to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
It’s a slightly bizarre way of drawing player match-ups, but the pre-tournament selection spectacle adds to the drama of golf’s biggest individual matchplay event.
Only one World Golf Championship had eluded Dustin Johnson to this point in his career, but he erased that omission in his CV with a 1-up victory over a gallant Jon Rahm to claim the WGC–Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.
You’re excused if Hideto Tanihara wasn’t a familiar name to you before this week at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. But after defeating Jordan Spieth on day one, and battling with Dustin Johnson in Sunday’s semi-finals, Tanihara is definitely on the radar of golf fans around the world after this week.
In Sergio Garcia’s defense, the rain came quickly at Austin Country Club during his final pool match over the weekend. Still, this is one of those rare bloopers by a tour star that makes average weekend hackers feel better about their games.
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